The Garden of Angels
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The Garden of Angels
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Narrated by:
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Richard Armitage
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Written by:
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David Hewson
About this listen
At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, 15-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943.
The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward 15-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has secrets he's waited his whole life to share.
When a Jewish classmate is attacked by bullies, Nico just watches - earning him a week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says. A secret he must keep from his father. A tale of blood and madness....
Nico is transported back to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city seething under its Nazi overlords and to the defining moment of his grandfather's life: when Paolo's support for a murdered Jewish woman brings him into the sights of the city's underground resistance. Hooked and unsettled, Nico can't stop reading - but he soon wonders if he ever knew his beloved grandfather at all.
©2021 David Hewson (P)2021 W. F. HowesWhat the critics say
"Gripping and powerful, The Garden of Angels richly evokes the tension and threat of Nazi-occupied Venice. A moving and important novel.” (Tess Gerritsen, author of The Shape of Night)
"Vivid and compelling. A richly wrought thriller, a love story and a warning that spans decades. I was thinking about this book for days." (Sarah Pinborough, author of Behind Her Eyes)
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- Kat
- 2021-03-21
Great story and narration
A wonderful story and a pleasure to listen to. I’ok search out more from this author and narrator.
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- Gail
- 2023-03-03
Powerful story with superlative narration
This is said many times - with varying degrees of accuracy or truth - but this is the real deal - a book written at the height of the authors’ powers.
Added bonus is the narration by Richard Armitage - again something oft repeated but so true - this man could read the dictionary and I would be enthralled.
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- Will Low
- 2023-05-23
Interesting and engaging story
I found this to be a compelling and fascinating story of war time Venice and the German occupation
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- MARIANNE
- 2023-02-27
Riveting Story
At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, 15-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943. The synopsis after this introductory sentence cannot possibly describe the rich story that follows. How people lived, loved, hated, died and survived in circumstances beyond their control. I read it and kept asking myself "how would I have reacted? What would I have done?". The location where this all happens has its own story that gives it yet another dimension. I loved, loved, loved this.
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- Susan G
- 2022-11-07
Great listen
What an interesting and captivating story. It leaps from past to present effortlessly while raptly keeping the listener’s attention. Of course there is no better narrator than Richard Armitage to portray all the characters with their emotions, motives and storylines.
I highly recommend this novel.
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